Vivir la anarquía, vivir la utopía: José Peirats y la historia del anarcosindicalismo español

by Chris Ealham

Chris tiene la virtud de tejer un poderoso e interesante relato que entrelaza los detalles más nimios y cotidianos del individuo Peirats con las características fundamentales de la época histórica y los hitos históricos del movimiento obrero. El resultado de ese trabajo es una hermosa tela en la que la biografía personal de Peirats se funde y confunde, hilo a hilo, con la historia de la CNT, desde su fundación hasta finales de los ochenta.

338 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Chris Ealham currently lives and works in Madrid, where he teaches History at Saint Louis University. Previously, he taught at the Universities of London, Lancaster, and Cardiff.

He is a specialist in Spanish labor history and movements, especially those of anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist inspiration. His work, which has been translated into Castilian, Catalan and Italian, includes Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937 (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2010), and (co-edited with Mike Richards), The Splintering of Spain: Cultural History and the Spanish Civil War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). He also writes in the Spanish anarchist and daily press on topics ranging from soccer to urban planning.